Qatar A333 near Tehran on Dec 30th 2016, suspected fuel leak

Last Update: December 31, 2016 / 20:37:30 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 30, 2016

Classification
Incident

Flight number
QR-141

Departure
Doha, Qatar

Destination
Barcelona, Spain

Aircraft Registration
A7-AED

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-300

ICAO Type Designator
A333

A Qatar Airways Airbus A330-300, registration A7-AED performing flight QR-141 from Doha (Qatar) to Barcelona,SP (Spain), was enroute at FL360 about 190nm southwest of Tehran (Iran) when the crew decided to return to Doha. The aircraft descended to FL350 for the return and landed safely in Doha about 90 minutes later.

A passenger reported about 2 hours into the flight a member of the flight crew came to the cabin and looked at the left hand engine (CF6). The passenger subsequently learned the crew suspected a fuel leak on that engine. Nothing out of the ordinary was visible however.

A replacement Airbus A330-200 registration A7-ACD reached Barcelona with a delay of 7:20 hours.

The occurrence aircraft was able to resume service 8 hours after landing.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 30, 2016

Classification
Incident

Flight number
QR-141

Departure
Doha, Qatar

Destination
Barcelona, Spain

Aircraft Registration
A7-AED

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-300

ICAO Type Designator
A333

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